Tennessee

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Two Boy Scouts councils in Tennessee said Tuesday they will not support a proposal to partially lift the group's long-standing exclusion of gays. [ Read more → ]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A measure that would have forced schools to tell parents if their children have talked to a teacher or counselor about being gay has failed this session. [ Read more → ]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee House of Representatives on Monday passed a bill that would prohibit public universities and colleges from implementing non-discrimination policies for student groups. [ Read more → ]

NASHVILLE, Tenn -- Another new version of Tennessee's Classroom Protection Act, more commonly known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill, would require teachers to send gay students to see a psychiatrist. [ Read more → ]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A former Tennessee state lawmaker turned anti-gay activist has helped draft a bill in the state legislature that would allow graduate student counselors to reject clients based on religious beliefs. [ Read more → ]

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- City council candidate Chris Anderson made history Tuesday night when he became the first openly gay candidate to win an election in Chattanooga, Tenn. [ Read more → ]

Elton, the pit bull whose story went viral after he was dumped at a Tennessee animal shelter earlier this week because his former owner thought he was “gay,” has found a new loving home. [ Read more → ]

A Tennessee lawmaker on Tuesday resurrected the controversial "Don't Say Gay" bill which would prohibit teachers from discussing sexuality with their students, but with a new provision that would require school officials to "out" LGBT students to their parents. [ Read more → ]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The Memphis City Council has approved a non-discrimination ordinance including protections for sexual orientation and gender identity, in addition to disability, age, national origin, and ethnicity. [ Read more → ]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — After a two year battle, Out & About Newspaper in Nashville has identified the person who has allegedly been taking hundreds of copies of the monthly LGBT newspaper and disposing of them. [ Read more → ]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Democratic Party on Friday disavowed the winner of its primary for U.S. Senate because they claim the candidate is a member of an anti-gay hate group. [ Read more → ]

LENOIR CITY, Tenn. -- A feature that appeared in the Lenoir City High School yearbook entitled "It's OK to be Gay," is not okay with at least one school board member, who has called for a criminal investigation of the yearbook's faculty adviser. [ Read more → ]

NASHVILLE -- Tennessee’s controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill, will not be put to a final vote needed for passage in the Tennessee state House, according to the bill's sponsor. [ Read more → ]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A Tennessee state representative on Tuesday told fellow lawmakers that failure to instill proper values by parents in the victims of bullying is what leads young people to commit suicide. [caption id="attachment_51957" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Jeremy Faison"][/caption] State Rep. Jeremy Faison (R-Cosby) made... [ Read more → ]

The Tennessee state House Education Committee on Tuesday approved the controversial "Don't Say Gay" bill by a vote of 8-7. The measure had initially failed on a voice vote, but passed in a roll call vote requested by its sponsor. [ Read more → ]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee's controversial "Don't Say Gay" bill -- a measure that would limit all sexually related instruction to “natural human reproduction science” in kindergarten through eighth grade -- was again delayed on Tuesday by its sponsor. [ Read more → ]

The field of Republican presidential candidates didn’t become any more clear Tuesday night after results were declared for the largest number of contests on a single day during the GOP primary season. [ Read more → ]

BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee high school principal who reportedly told students during an assembly that gay students were going to hell, has resigned. [ Read more → ]

BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. -- A high school principal in Tennessee school reportedly told students during an assembly that gay students were going to hell. Dorothy Bond, principal at Haywood High School in Brownsville, Tenn., allegedly singled out LGBT and pregnant students during a meeting with students. [ Read more → ]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The controversial "Don't Say Gay" bill, scheduled to be heard by the Tennessee state House Education Committee today, has been delayed for up to three weeks while the bill's sponsor works on its language. [ Read more → ]